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Monkey in the Garden

Yesterday I decided to take some photos of my expanding garden. Which of course isn't really mine anymore, but I still get to enjoy it for the next month! Marcus was being a bit of a photo ham yesterday and wanted to be in all the shots, so here's a peek at my monkey int he garden!

Oregon Coast in May

I got away. No kids, just me, a boyfriend, friends, a tent, and a beach.

I feel GREAT! Despite the fact that it rained on us all weekend, and the sun poked through only as we left on our drive up home, the ocean was so healing. The waves were incredible, and it was interesting watching the surfers in the rain, or ya, and the drunk guy that went swimming in the ocean at 10pm on nothing but shorts. EEEEEEEEK!

So, got soaked, tent leaked, still drying everything out, but I'm well rested and happy - here's the pics!

A fresh start

It's been months and months. So much has happened and I just didn't know what to share and when.

First off, Byron has left. I'm sure everybody reading this knows that, but we separated in October of last year, so it's just me and the kiddos now. That in itself has made life very busy and times were rough, but I'm at peace with everything now.

My beloved house of nearly 4 years has sold. As much as I love this house, I have now purchased a 2 years old stunning home with a basement suite just a few minutes away. It'll be hard to leave the only home that the children have ever known, but Marcus is very excited about the move. We'll be moving on June 29th to start fresh.

Business is going well. Better each and every month, so this is great news. I am nearing the end of a long process of getting a website up, and will be sharing that shortly.

I guess I owe pictures to you all! I'm headed out camping this weekend so I'll have those up soon. I don't even really have any good pictures of the kids in recent months, but will put up what I have.

So, I will attempt to get things going here again! And I will start with Emmaline's 1st birthday pic!

So I've Been BUSY!

I realize that I have left you guys hanging here, but I have been CRAZY BUSY these past few months.

First off I started my own business, www.captivatingdesigns.ca doing photo greeting cards. Being the Christmas season, I am officially swamped with things to get going. That has taken up most of my time, the rest is spent with my little darlings.

Marcus is advancing with his sentences at an incredible rate these days, and the other day he walked up to me with my cell phone open, here mommy, it's for you! He had answered my phone, had a short conversation with a friend, then brought it to me on request. Little stinker.

Emmaline is walking, and very well too! She's very smiley and happy these days, and she even took to the bottle about 2 weeks ago!! It's about time! This has left me so much more time because I am able to leave her with a babysitter and simply work...work....and work some more.

I promise that I will get some pictures up soon. Marcus's birthday party is this weekend so I'll upload some shots then during the madness of a dozen children terrorizing my home.

All dolled up

We had fun last weekend getting Emmy dressed up in her Sunday best! Just had to share this gorgeous dress from Aunt Emily.

Emmy and her Baby

Grandma bought Emmy a sweet little baby. She loves it, and sleeps with it every night. Here she is passed out hanging on to her baby the night she got her....

And Emmy gets solid foods!

Over the past month we have ontroduced Emmy to sweet potatoes, pears, peaches, corn, peas and green beans. Perhaps more that I am forgetting about too. She LOVES gnawing on banana chunks in her mesh feeder! It's so nice for me because she can hang out and feed herself while I attend to other things in the kitchen.

Emmy has a friend!

Sweet Emilie has been bringing little Aidan to our house to babysit here and there. Emmy has lots of fun with Aidan, but she keeps grabbing his hair and giving it a good tug! Here they are!

Marcus starts preschool!

We got Marcus enrolled in preschool this year, and now he's been going for a month, but here's the pictures from his first day of school!

He loves going to school, and keeps bringing home lots of artwork. This week we are going on a field trip to the pumpkin patch so stayed tuned for those pictures!

OK, OK, here's some updates!

So I haven't really been online much at all this past month. First we had holidays, and now I'm working my way through starting up a new business. LOTS of work.

First, our holidays. We went to Vancouver Island for a 3 days getaway and stayed at a wonderful little house! It was right near this gorgeous beahc in Parksville. The kids had so much fun, but Marcus ended up getting sick partway through the trip.

Here's a few pics!